Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 4, 2025

With its focus on the Hellenic world, the collection contains materials from antiquity to the present across the social sciences and humanities relating to Greece, its neighboring countries, and the surrounding region. There is a broad representation of languages in the collection, with a rich assortment of primary source materials.

Research 52

Research Archiving Primary Sources Artifacts 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Standing in a recreated virtual space helps users learn something qualitatively different from simply looking at a photograph, reading primary source material or listening to survivor testimony. They found that VR allowed them to learn in new ways, and they considered the experiences engaging, emotional and immersive.

Museum 130

Museum Teaching Primary Sources Human Rights 130

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

The Sunnyside district, where roughly 90 percent of students are Hispanic, signed on at the start of the pandemic, after discovering that many of its ninth graders were struggling with the demands of recently adopted state standards for social science. There was much more emphasis on critical thinking and primary source investigation.

Primary Sources 123

Primary Sources Social Science Professional Development Critical Thinking 123

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. In other words, that’s what they expected to see in a high-functioning social studies class. Question Two) — is most appropriately addressed by interpreting primary sources. I noticed something strange, however.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources Artifacts Archiving Social Studies 40

Society for Classical Studies

APRIL 4, 2024

With its focus on the Hellenic world, the collection contains materials from antiquity to the present across the social sciences and humanities relating to Greece, its neighboring countries, and the surrounding region. There is a broad representation of languages in the collection, with a rich assortment of primary source materials.

Research 40

Research Archiving Primary Sources Artifacts 40

Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

We engaged in a collaborative project based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) designed to explore how AI tools might support undergraduate learning in anthropology. This essay describes our attempt to work through the panic and turn our concerns into a learning opportunity.

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Anthropology Archaeology Pedagogy Archiving 105